Health

In the wake of the Connecticut elementary school massacre, once again the cry goes up: "We need to talk about mental health!"

Michael Griffin of Maryland's Department of Assessments and Taxation tells us why you should apply for the Homestead Tax Credit before the December 31st deadline if you haven't already.

An experimental Alzheimer's treatment at Johns Hopkins Medicine uses electricity to stimulate memory centers in the brain. Nathan Sterner talks with professor Paul Rosenberg who's leading the trial at Hopkins.

Tom Hall visits an exhibit at Maryland Institute College of Art honoring influential fiber artist Lenore Tawney.

Midday on Health contributor Dr. John Cmar gives an insider’s tour of how a hospital works. He’ll guide us through the admissions process, to the who’s who of medicine, to what you need to know about your hospital bill. 

Days are getting shorter--time to put the garden to bed.  Here, our garden guru Anne Raver gives some tips about how to get ready for the next season, and what bulbs to plant for next spring--and what plants can help keep you going through winter.  Anne recommends planting some indoor narcissus and the gaudy red amaryllis. 

The University of Maryland is moving to the Big Ten Athletic Conference. Supporters say it will bring more revenue and perhaps save some sports teams that were slated to be discontinued. Critics say the decision was made too fast and too secretively. Tom Hall talks with sportswriter Mark Hyman about what the Big Ten move means for the Terps.

More than 700,000 Marylanders don't know where their next meal is coming from. We discuss the Maryland Food Bank’s latest efforts, including a collaboration with farmers and prison inmates to get fresh produce to those who need it.
Then, only one American team, the Baltimore Stallions, has ever won the Canadian Football League's version of the Super Bowl. We talk with Jim Speros, owner of Baltimore's short-lived, but championship team.

And J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Next to Normal" at the Vagabond Players.

Dr. Marty Makary, surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, says if medical error were a disease, it would be the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S. Dangerous doctors, unnecessary procedures, surgical slips and other medical mistakes injure or kill hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.

This is a week where food is in the spotlight.  But getting fed isn’t always easy—approximately 720,000 Marylanders don’t know where their next meal will come from. That’s called being “food insecure.”

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